03-29-13

Alumnus to Run for Iranian Presidency

Hooshang Amirahmadi Ph D ’82, who will register as an independent candidate in the presidential election of Iran in May, said, if elected, he will make repairing American-Iranian relations a top priority

According to a December announcement from the Iranian government, the countr y ’ s next presidential election will be held on June 14 The winn e r w i l l s u

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Amirahmadi’s political platform is threefold: bolster relations between the

and revitalize the Iranian economy, according to his campaign website

As the United States Supreme Court deliberated two key legislations crucial to same-sex marriage –– prompting people nationwide to express their feelings on the issue on posts and pictures online –– Cornell students expressed mixed feelings about the activism surrounding same sex-marriage

On Tuesday, Supreme Court judges discussed the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a controversial provision passed in 2008 that banned same-sex marriage in California They then deliberated the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that prohibits giving federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples on Wednesday

If both cases proceed to Supreme Court rulings, it could potentially legalize same-sex marriage on a federal level and grant federal marriage benefits to same-sex marriages

Students expressed excitement about the cases being brought to the Supreme Court

Ankur Bajaj ’13 said he was “especially excited to be an LGBTQIA American at this moment, ” adding that “the cases being discussed have broad implications on our lives and on the lives of those we love ”

But in reaction to the judges’ oral arguments about Proposition 8 –– in which some judges said Tuesday it may be too early for such a case to be considered in the Supreme

A tense wait for thousands of students ended shortly after 5 p m Thursday, as Cornell finished notifying 15 2 percent of its 40,006 applicants that they were accepted to the Class of 2017

Data indicate that this year ’ s admissions cycle was one of the most competitive yet in Cornell’s history The University’s overall acceptance rate dropped from last year ’ s 16 2 percent a previous record low to 15 2 percent this year, while the numb e r o f a p p l i c a n t s rose from last year ’ s 37,812 to a record high of 40,006

“Cornell continues to lead the Ivy League in attracting applicants for admission.”

The increase in applicants marks a trend in Cornell admissions over the years: since 2011, the number of applicants vying for a spot at Cornell has increased 9 9 percent, according to the undergraduate admissions report

Along with seeing more students apply to Cornell, the University has seen its applicants’ SAT scores rise over the years The Class of 2017’s median SAT I critical reading score was 720, compared to 710 last year Its math score was 750, compared to 740 last year

“Cornell continues to lead the Ivy League in attracting applicants for admission,” Lee Melvin, associate vice provost for enrollment, said in a University press release “The increase in applications is notable, but our focus remains the quality of the

Court –– some students expressed disappointment

“The first analyses of the oral arguments for the Prop 8 case are troubling, in that we ’ ve heard from several justices that they’re hesitant to make a substantive ruling on the matter because it may be too early when considering

political repurcussions,” Bajaj said He said he believes that “providing civil rights equally isn’t something that can be ‘ too early ’”

Anthony Santa Maria ’13, treasurer of Haven, Cornell LGBTQ Student Union,

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Sp eaking ab out how budget cuts af fec t p er forming and media ar ts at Cornell “Part of what makes the S chwart z [Center for Performing Arts] so amazing is that you get to work with all these professional faculty in close relations and b e directly mentored by them I feel like we ’ re really losing that as we make things more student-driven ” Weili Shi

action is to trivialize and disguise structural and institutional barriers that have existed in the past and continue to day Thus in order to move toward equity in America we must commit to honest dialogue and to caring across our diverse identities

Ashley Harring ton ’13

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It’s almost April, but the weather has granted us little reprieve from Ithaca’s cold To make matters worse, we ’ ve been thrown head-first into prelim season: that time of the year when you sheepishly slink into that class you haven’t been to in ages so you don’t fail the course In short, every Sun editor needs a breather What are you doing this weekend to relax?

“Baking copious amounts of cookies, cupcakes and brownies A little bit of sugar never hurt anyone, right?”

–– Martha Stewart ’14

“Counting down the minutes (wait, make that seconds) until Game of Thrones comes back to TV ”

King of the North ’13

“Daydreaming about being back on a beach with a margarita in hand or booking a plane ticket and making that reality again ”

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Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun com

Cornell Athletics Annual GARAGE SALE

Professor Stephen Pacala Department of Ecology & Evolutionary

A mirahmadi S ay s He Hopes to Be‘Peacemaker’ Between U.S ., Iran

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ADMISSIONS

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applicant pool ”

release that the jump in countries represented by the student body is indicative of Cornell's “global appeal ” 3,146 students were waitlisted, compared to 3,120 last year Accepted Students Represent 83 Countries

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Same-Sex Marriage Is Not ‘Be All and End-All of Equality ’

MARRIAGE Continued from page 1

echoed Bajaj’s sentiments

“It’s 2013 If they’re not going to make a decision now, they’ll never do it,” he said

In regards to the second legislation that was under consideration by Supreme Court –– DOMA –– Emily Bick ’13, president of Haven, said that “ as an ‘ out ’ person who intends to have a family, DOMA’s existence puts excess financial and mental strain on my future ”

Some students expressed skepticism about focusing on marriage as a means of attaining equality

“If [same sex marriage] is legalized, marriage will be thought of as the only legitimate form of partnership I personally think that the ultimate goal should be a reconceptualization of how we view relationships,” Santa Maria said Bailey Dineen ’15, vice president of the Cornell University Gay-Straight Alliance agreed with Santa Maria, saying that there are limits within the institutionalization of

marriage

“The institutionalization of marriage will ultimately exclude people no matter how its definition is expanded There will always be people for whom the nuclear family and a legalized marriage are impossible or undesirable because the government ’ s values are not universally shared by or available to all Americans,” she said

“As an ‘out’ person who intends to have a family, DOMA’s existence puts excess financial and mental strain on my future.”

Instead, “ true equality would mean the deregulation of these institutions altogether, so that the particular values of different communities are equally protected,” Dineen said Furthermore, Bick warned that marriage should not be

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Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitar y conditions behind his office’s spiffy facade posed a threat to his clients and made him a “ menace to the public health ”

State and county health inspectors went to Dr W Scott Harrington's practice after a patient with no known risk factors tested positive for both hepatitis C and the virus that causes AIDS They found employees using dirty equipment, reusing drug vials and administering drugs without a license

Harrington voluntarily gave up his license and closed his offices in Tulsa and suburban Owasso and is cooperating with investigators, said Kaitlin Snider, a spokeswoman for the Tulsa Health Department He faces a hearing April 19 where his license could be permanently revoked

“It’s uncertain how long those practices have been in place,” Snider said “He’s been practicing for 36 years ”

The Oklahoma Board of Dentistr y said the inspectors discovered multiple sterilization issues at Harrington’s offices, including the use of a separate, rusty set of instruments for patients known to have infectious diseases

“ The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has determined that rusted instruments are porous and cannot be properly sterilized,” the board said in a 17-count complaint against the dentist

Officials are sending letters to 7,000 known patients of Harrington, but they noted that they do not have information for patients before 2007 The letters urge the patients to be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV viruses typically spread through intravenous drug use or unprotected sex, not occupational settings

Harrington could not be reached for comment Thursday A message at his Tulsa office said it was closed and the doctor’s answering ser vice referred callers to the Tulsa Health Department Phone numbers listed for Harrington were disconnected A message left with Harrington's malpractice attorney in Tulsa, Jim Secrest II, was not immediately returned

The CDC is consulting on the case, and agency spokeswoman Abbigail Tumpey said such situations involving dental clinics are rare

In a similar case in Colorado last year, an oral surgeon was accused of exposing patients to diseases by reusing needles and syringes Authorities sent letters urging about 8,000 patients to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, but Tumpey said it wasn ’ t clear whether anyone was actually infected

“ We’ve only had a handful of dental facilities where we ’ ve had notifications in the last decade,” Tumpey said

Harrington’s Tulsa practice is in a tony part of town, on a row of some of the city’s most upscale medical practices The white-and-green stucco, twostor y dental clinic has the doctor's name in fancy letters on the facade

NYC Ask s Judges to Reinstate Ban

On Large Sodas, Sugar y Drink s

NEW YORK (AP) New York City is asking appeals judges to reinstate a ban on supersized sodas and other sugary drinks, which was struck down by a Manhattan judge the day before it was to go into effect

The city had vowed an appeal and said Thursday that lawyers had filed it late Monday

In his decision on March 11, State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling said the 16-ounce limit on sodas and other sweet drinks arbitrarily applies to only some sugary beverages and some places that sell them

“The loopholes in this rule effectively defeat the stated purpose of this rule,” Tingling wrote in his ruling, which was seen as a victory for the beverage industry, restaurants and other business groups that called the ban unfair

In addition, the judge said the Mayor Michael Bloomberg-appointed Board of Health intruded on the City Council's authority when it imposed the

rule

In its appeal, the city disputed those points

“The rule is designed to make consumption of large amounts of sugary drinks a conscious and informed choice by the consumer, ” it said “Thus, although a consumer is free to consume more than 16 ounces by ordering a second drink, getting a refill, or going to another store, he or she will be making an informed choice ”

The city also said the Board of Health had legislative authority, and “is empowered to issue substantive rules and standards in public health ”

Said American Beverage Association spokesman Christopher Gindlesperger, referring to the initial decision overturning the ban, “We feel the justice's decision was strong and we ' re confident in the ruling ”

Also on Thursday, the city announced that other organizations had filed legal briefs in support of the city's appeal

seen as “the be-all and end-all of equality ”

“Legalizing marriage would be one step in the right direction, but there is much more to be done,” she said

Still, Dineen expressed optimism about the support that people have shown for marriage equality, specifically referring to the campaign in which people demonstrated support for the legalization of same-sex marriage by changing their profile pictures on social media sites to an equal sign

“It was really great to see so many people coming out as allies with the equal signs,” she said

Bajaj echoed Dineen’s sentiments, saying “the warmth and support that has been brought to the forefront by [the social media campaign] has been overwhelming and in the best way possible ”

Both cases are expected to be decided by June, according to BBC

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Spread the Wealth!

If There Even Is A ny...

Wealth, extravagance, celebrity, glamour! Ah, the life of a scientist? As any young biology student entertaining a career in biomedical science quickly realizes, these luxuries are as common in the life of a scientist as selenium is in the composition of the human body (don’t worry, I pushed my nerd glasses up on my nasion as I wrote that phrase) But it might appear that that norm is slowly changing, as two massive research funding initiatives recently hit the news One is a federal initiative to fund the Brain Activity Map Project, which seeks to delineate how neural networks in the human brain connect and interact and is an incredible undertaking on the scale of the Human Genome Project If approved, as The New York Times reported, many hope that funding will exceed $300 million a year, or more than $3 billion over 10 years

The other sensational announcement was that of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, which was founded by a team of Internet tycoons and awarded $3 million apiece to 11 top scientists Just to give you a relative sense of the magnitude of these scientific awards, the average federal grant to an independent faculty researcher is typically on the order of $100,000 dollars Even the Nobel Prize in 2012 came with a measly $1 2

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r e c e n t i m m e n s e awards must be a boon to s c i e n t i s t s everywhere, right? Everybody come get yours; the faucet is finally flowing, right?

Let’s be mindful that we also ensure that the entire research community can flourish by continuing to support our next generation of scientific heroes

Well, no, not really Despite the astounding nature of these announcements, it’s difficult to generate the requisite enthusiasm when one surveys the greater landscape of scientific funding In recent years, funding for the National Institutes of Health, which provides the vast majority of federal funding for biomedical research, has flat-lined This has restricted the number of grant applications being approved and put pressure on scientists to seek funding elsewhere Sequestration, the across-the-board slashing of the federal budget, has turned this bleak situation all the bleaker To adhere to the principles of sequestration, the NIH must severely reduce its budget by $1 6 billion, according to an editorial in Nature Research institutions are bracing for the disastrous consequences: Cornell University recently calculated that it stands to lose $28 million in overall funding, and Weill Cornell Medical College predicts a loss of $8 3 million per year in federal research funding alone For most scientists at Cornell and at institutions across the country, the struggle just to tread water now comes with the addition of cement shoes

As an M D -Ph D student with hopes of one day running a lab, I am usually reinvigorated when I learn of instances where sci-

ence is being prioritized and heavily supported Yet in the wake of the news of the enormous funds for the Brain Activity Map and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, I was surprised to find myself feeling almost indifferent It’s hard to find inspiration from these stories as I watch a vast majority of our junior faculty (in whose ranks I would like to one day find myself ) struggling endlessly, pouring the entirety of their effort, focusing their every minute not into the experimental projects that stimulated their passions and drew them into the field in the first place, but into simply winning a little bit of money to justify their work for a few more years So when 11 already established scientists (less than a hundredth of a percent of the biomedical scientific workforce, according to numbers from the NIH) receive astronomical awards, as deserved as they very well may be, it raises some questions: Would it be better to share the wealth? Should we give smaller awards to a greater number of scientists? What about shifting the funding mechanisms in support of young investigators, the next generation of scientists trying to make a career for themselves, rather than the established scientists who in general have much more dependable funding sources? Lest it sound like I’m advocating a Robin Hood-esque r e v o l u t i o n for scientific f u n d i n g agencies, it’s worth considering the p o t e n t i a l value of massive private awards like the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Yuri Milner, creator of the Breakthrough Prize, discussed how the intention of the prize was to increase public awareness of science and make accomplished scientists “household names and heroes in society ” If the generous philanthropy of this group truly spurs other private donors to wake up to the value of biomedical research and take it on as a pet cause, this may benefit scientists as a whole With federal funding becoming increasingly tenuous and less reliable, private donors could become the saviors of science, shifting the paradigm of research funding away from the strapped federal government While this would likely require more judicious conflict of interest management, private donations might ultimately be the answer for keeping our national research mission afloat If this does indeed become the case, let’s be mindful that in addition to rewarding our current celebrities of science, we also ensure that the entire research community can flourish by continuing to support our next generation of scientific heroes

Jeffrey Russ is a fifth-year MD-PhD student at Weill Cornell Medical College and a

Student Overseer He may be reached at jer2018@med cornell edu What’s Up Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester

Nikhita Parandekar | Hoof in Mouth

Stepping Outside

The Vet S chool Classroom

Ispent the last few days of spring break at the Student American Veterinar y Medical Association symposium at Louisiana State University The purpose of the symposium was to allow students to learn about topics that they might not normally have the opportunity to be exposed to, primarily through wet labs and lectures There were also several social events, competitions and an exhibit hall with vendors, as well as the bi-annual meeting of the SAVMA House of Delegates

I was ver y impressed with how smoothly the whole event seemed to run The buses were well coordinated, the events started on time for the most part and there was generally no confusion about where people had to be and when The social events included a tailgate at Tiger Stadium and a crawfish boil they were enjoyable and a good exposure to the local culture and were a refreshing change from standard dinner banquets I’m told that around 1200 students attended the event from veterinar y colleges across the countr y, and I think that the organizers dealt ver y well with the scale of the event I’m not sure if something of that magnitude would be possible in Ithaca aside from the hassle of transporting people to and from Ithaca in the middle of March, it would be hard to find a banquet-style hall that could be reser ved for the entire weekend and even harder ousing for all of the ndees and speakers

It was a little taste of what real life is going to be like after graduation.

I enjoyed the labs and lectures (I attended one lab and several lectures), but I did think that most of the material covered in the ones that I attended was material that is either in our curriculum or that extracurricular clubs make sure to host because they’re of general interest to students That being said, I’ve found that in veterinar y school the best way for me to retain information over the long-term is to hear or see it several different times in several different ways, so the whole experience was certainly a beneficial one It also allowed me to explore different topics that I’m interested in that really have ver y little to do with one another I could jump from a lecture about cardiology to a lecture about cats to a lecture about horses, just because I wanted to We kind of have this type of flexibility during the distribution period at school (eight week blocks of classes where we can sign up for optional electives), but in the end we have to commit to an entire class which can make it a little harder to nurture a passing interest Also, there were definitely lectures and labs offered at symposium that I didn’t attend which covered topics we probably won ’ t see here, such as alligator handling

One thing that I did find a little puzzling was the students’ attitudes toward each other I was expecting other students at the symposium to act like people do on the first day of vet school or the beginning of freshman year, when ever yone is more friendly than usual and will go out of their way to start conversations with strangers Instead, I was surprised to find that most people seemed to adopt a more inclusive dynamic, where they only wanted to associate with people from their own schools and there was an undercurrent of competition when talking to students from other schools The only time you really got the chance to meet new people and make friends was in the wet labs where you had to work together I guess I can understand the mentality veterinar y school is so hard to get into that most people are just competitive by nature Maybe when we get further into our careers, what school we went to will matter less, and our professional interests will take precedent when interacting with each other at conferences I have a hard time imagining that the annual American Veterinar y Medical Association conference has the same degree of self-segregation In the end though, the conference was a great experience It was a little taste of what real life is going to be like after graduation, and I enjoyed having the chance to experience veterinar y medicine in a way that I haven’t been exposed to before

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a secondyear veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun com Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester

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“Racism is systematic and institutionalized oppression White people cannot be subject to systematic oppression because white people were, and still are, the oppressors ‘Racism is rare and on the decline?’ How would you know? White people have no means of gauging how common racism is because you have never and will never experience it The media does not report on police brutality and violence against people of color as often as when those things happen to white people. White people make more money on average than people of color for the same positions. Even in ‘enlightened’ circles, e g the LGBTQ community, racism is prevalent: We celebrate Harvey Milk, but no one has heard of Sylvia Rivera or Marsha P Johnson ”

Nick Ramos Re: “HARRINGTON: The Unspoken Words of an Affirmative Action Beneficiar y, ” Opinion, published March 27, 2013

Tyler Lurie-Spicer | Personal Politics

Nuclear Family 2.0:

A Look Beyond Marriage Equality

My mothers chatted cheerfully during our ride back home It was the last day of winter break of my sophomore year in high school, and we were returning from a winter vacation at our house in Maine Rather than dreading our return home, however, we shared an excited alacrity for the stop we would make on the way my mothers were about to be legally married 20 years before that day, my mothers had made their life commitment to each other on a beach in Mexico At the time, they could only dream of the celebration we were about to have They had already made plans with the Justice of the Peace, and the five of us were about to meet at a small harbor in Connecticut As we walked out over the Long Island Sound, the wind was cold, but the sun was bright and my mothers were ecstatic

The ceremony was simple I snapped the wedding photos as they made their vows, my brother handed them back their worn rings and they shared a grinning kiss

My mothers had achieved the goal of a nuclear family They had two homes, two children, two stable jobs and an enduring relationship As symbolic as the act of marriage was for our family that day, my mothers also got married because of the benefits our federal government provides wedded couples

Yet there are many types of families, different from my own, that also do not have

the same equal rights As we fight this week for the rights of other gay couples to receive these same benefits, we must realize that there is much more to be done for the full liberation of queers and our allies

The institution of marriage has historically been used as a weapon in the right-wing assault on alternative family structures Right wingers such as Robert Rector believe that marriage is the solution for

is the single-parent household I have a genetic half brother who has the same sperm donor that I do His mother was single at his conception but still wanted to have a child on her own Yet, my brother’s biological family does not receive the same rights as mine

Furthermore, children raised by extended family members, family friends or even unmarried parents in multiple households are denied equal rights

As we fight this week for the rights of other gay couples to receive these same benefits, we must realize that there is much more to be done

families in poverty, and that it is the state ’ s duty to enforce this norm The glorification of the nuclear family is continually wielded against equal access to programs such as welfare, housing, social security, pensions and healthcare Furthermore, this ideology promotes tighter divorce laws, abstinence-only sex education and attacks on reproductive freedom as part of a larger “family values” agenda

While proponents of gay marriage claim to be fighting for full equality, we must look beyond marriage to see whose rights are being further marginalized by the movement, even if it will include my mothers The first alternative family structure that comes to my mind

granted to all people

Senior citizens or people with illnesses such as HIV/AIDS who live together for mutual care are ignored

While these family structures stretch across all groups of people, we must remember that the issue of family equality beyond gay marriage is as much a race, immigrant, gender, class and age issue as it is an LGBTQ issue Those who utilize alternative methods of caring for loved ones are often those who have been marginalized in other ways

Prioritizing the nuclear family further perpetuates the harms these people face in other aspects of their lives

While we fight for the marriage equality of parents like mine, we must not forget that these rights must be

Of course, I strongly support marriage equality, as it has personally benefited my life But I do not believe that the fight should have been fought in the way it has been The campaign for marriage equality has elevated the mainstream gay movement outside its larger context and isolated the gay community from its potential allies Ignoring the unity of this struggle and marginalizing the LGBTQ communities of color, the mainstream gay c o m m u n i t y blamed the passing of Proposition 8 on the Black and Latino voters who came out to the polls As theorists such as Dean Spade and Crag Willse point out, however, rather than seeing people of color as homophobic, we should instead question why mainstream gays have failed to ally with these communities when our struggles are so intimately entwined The issue of gay marriage does not exist in a binary debate between people for or against equality

Families like mine are not the only ones at stake Instead, there is a multitude of families demanding that they too deserve full and equal rights

Tyler-Lurie Spicer is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He may be reached at til4@cornell edu Personal Politics appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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I have always fashioned myself to be an amateur fungus connoisseur I would be lying if I said I have never had dreams about taking my pigs out to the Italian countryside to sniff for the finest truffles Needless to say, then, I had some high expectations for the film Now, Foragers, which premieres at Cornell Cinema tonight With its beautiful depiction of the search for mushrooms, as well as a greater search for the gourmet and the soul, it did not disappoint

The film follows desperate couple Lucien ( Jason Cortlund) and Regina (Tiffany Esteb) as they struggle to find mushrooms and themselves (cheesy, I know, but it’s kind of true in this case) When Regina decides to abandon the competitive world of mushroom-foraging in favor of the life of a more stable prep cook, Lucien refuses to “sell out, ” and their relationship just drifts apart There are some other (brief ) encounters along the way, but the brunt of the movie deals with the couple’s inner struggle as they slowly drift apart It is by no means a fungal action flick, but the slow development of the film does allow the viewer to also experience Lucien and Regina’s heart-wrenching pain as they attach their spores to different trees While their relationship obviously has its complexities, we never really see them in love; why they are together is never clear

Lucien and Regina face very different obstacles throughout the movie and at times it is hard to describe the film as the story of a couple It may be easier to describe it as a series of intertwining sequences about two chefs struggling in the food world They seem an odd pair from the beginning and this seeming lack of rapport lessens the drama of their eventual split The lack of drama may also be due to weakness in their relationship development However, their individual vignettes are both powerful and moving, with the

director thrusting each character into unknown circumstances that often end in disappointment Lucien is a somewhat unsympathetic character, but the camera ’ s treatment of his journey to live out his dream as a full-time forager will move even the most heartless to (near) tears Regina, on the other hand, exudes feminine empowerment, and her character should serve as an inspiration to other filmmakers as proof that a strong female role can be both captivating and emotional

The movie contains an extremely accurate depiction of the food world, both outdoors, where the foragers search for ingredients, and in the kitchen The cinemagraphic treatment of food prep is both strikingly real and artistic Stills from these scenes could easily be transformed into beautiful works of photography While cinematographer Jonathan Nastasi abandons the traditional romantic view of food, his shots reveal the hidden beauty within the simplicity of ingredients, echoing the overall theme of the movie (though these shots are not without flaws: The interweaving of mushroom shots with Lucien’s statement of the mushroom’s scientific name are beautiful, but in the greater scheme of the story, somewhat pointless) Kudos as well to directors Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin for exploring the unromantic real-world of restaurant kitchens, as well as the unglamorous lifestyle of itinerant foraging

hunt when you enter the theater Instead, be ready to feel your heart wrench as you witness a marriage crumble beyond the saving grace of fungal love However, as a self-proclaimed foodie and past sous-sous-sous chef, I found this movie to be a beautiful homage to the slow food movement, the neverending search for the freshest ingredients and the inaccurate connotation of snobbery that gourmet food sometimes holds While the film does emphasize the accessibility that the everyman has to the gourmand, it snubs to some extent those who do not choose to pursue this option, a noticeable gap that gives the film a somewhat pretentious vibe

Refreshingly, the movie lacked a self-conscious air of indieness an air that so many other small budget movies these days acquire or a need to be artsy for the sake of artsy-ness However, the slow pace and stream-of-consciousness style lend the movie a certain heaviness that is not for the light of heart Do not expect a romantic-style husband and wife mushroom

To summarize, Now, Foragers contains a ton of drama, but not enough foraging a very moldy B+ overall, but a strong A for cinematography

Gaby Velkes is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gcv4@cornell edu

Paul Rudd Outshines Tina Fey in Admission

BY JULIA MOSER Sun Staff Writer

If you thought there was no such thing as porn for women (something that Tina Fey proves does exist in an episode of 30 Rock you guys know what I’m talking about), you are wrong: It is Tina Fey and Pa u l R u d d ’ s r o m a n c e i n t h e f i l m

Admission

A d m i s s i o n , d i r e c t e d b y Pa u l We i t z (About a Boy), stars Fey as Por tia Nathan:

A Pr i n c e t o n a d m i s s i o n s d i re c t o r f a c e d with the daunting task of telling a whole lot of hopeful parents and teenagers, “ no ” During the course of her visits to high schools filled with naïve youngsters who gaze up at Por tia and the future that her institution promises with longing, she finds herself at Quest: A school in the

middle of nowhere that has horses

The headmaster of this ne w-age-y, useyour-words, help-the-world school is John Pressman (Rudd), who is the per fect man In addition to being played by Paul Rudd, Pressman is a funny, kind, single dad who travels around the world helping people He invites Por tia to the school because he believes that one of the school’s stranger pupils, Jeremiah, is actually Por tia’s son

Throughout the film, Por tia gets to know Jeremiah and John and begins to question the choices she’s made in her life that landed her in the stable, unchanging and “boring” (as John’s young son calls it) career She pictures the children who she has to reject as she reads their files, and feels remorseful for turning away per fectly deser ving candidates who just didn’t meet the arbitrar y standards imposed by

the system

Although Fey is the star and ever y girl’s girl cr ush, Rudd and his ageless charm shine brightest in Admission His character is given the funniest lines of the film and he wears a lot of flannel, which I appreciated As amazing as Tina Fey is, Por tia’s character is kind of boring, so the audience is deprived of Fe y ’ s u s u a l c o m e d i c a n t i c s Lily Tomlin, who p l a y s Po r t i a ’ s mother, and Nat Wolff, the young

a c t o r w h o p l a y s Jeremiah, are also

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other selective colleges in general There is not even a mention of other institutions and their probably parallel admissions processes, besides a bit of backstor y about Por tia and John attending Dar tmouth at the same time This focus singles out the f l a w

than the college admissions process as a w h

Directed by Paul Weitz

Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd

S h e e n a n d O l e k Kr upa (the villain in Home Alone 3) provide additional come-dic content Yet, those expecting a raucous comedy will be dismayed Ultimately, the film isn’t about the college admissions process or a romance, but a woman coming to terms with her vie ws on motherhood Por tia’s relationships with Jeremiah and with her own mother are central to the plot John’s relationships with his mother and son are

a l s o e x p l o re d , t h o u g h m o re f ro m t h e plot’s peripher y

I ’ m f a i r l y s u r p r i s e d t h a t Pr i n c e t o n

Univer-sity allowed the film to take place and actually be shot at Princeton: It does not exactly por tray the university in a positive light In fact, the film focuses entirely on Princeton, as opposed to the college admissions process for Ivy League and

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q u e that could have made the stor y stronger T h e o t h e r m a i n issue with the film is that it is (my usual complaint) too long There could definitely have been some editing of the middle act e s p e c i a l l y s

with Michael Sheen, who plays Por tia’s exboyfriend He is hilarious, and has worked with Fey before on 30 Rock, but his appearances gre w some what repetitive and the laughter that er upted when he popped into a scene interr upted the more serious vibe happening in those moments

Admission is charming overall; it’s a well-acted, well-written cute stor y about a woman finding herself (to say in the cheesiest of terms) It’s well wor th your time if you are in the mood to laugh and cr y and be glad that you are finished applying to colleges and that you never have to go through that hell ever again

Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com

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season in which she was named an All-American and she is also leading the team ’ s offense so far with a 414 batting average

Head coach Dick Blood enters his eighteenth year with the softball team and is the single most successful coach in the history of Cornell athletics for a single sport Blood enters the season with 577 wins under his belt and five conference crowns

After going on a five-game skid over spring break against some tough competition, the Red has bounced back and is now on a twogame win streak after a sweep of Manhattan College One of the victories came in dramatic fashion, as the squad came from behind to win in extra innings off an RBI single by Christina Villalon in the ninth Junior Lauren Bucolo has also been on a hot streak as of late, hitting 500 in her last eight games Her strong production on offense in the past week earned her Co-Ivy League Player of the Week honors

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Annie Newcomb can be reached at anewcomb@cornelsun com Sucks to Suck appears alternate Fridays this semester

CRYSTAL LU / SUN

After averaging 11 5 points and 6 8 rebounds this season, sophomore forward Shonn Miller was named to the All-Ivy League first team Senior forward Errick Peck also received honorable mention

Swinford Secures Split for Red With Walk-O ff Homerun

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

After struggling to produce runs in a 4-1 loss to Albany, the Cornell baseball team came back in the second game to split Tuesday’s doubleheader Junior Ben Swinford gave his team the win with one swing of the bat, connecting on a pitch from freshman Brendan Ryan in the bottom of the seventh inning and sending it over the fence of Hoy field for a 5-4 walk-off victory

In the first game of the doubleheader, however, the Red had a tough time getting runners on base Albany’s Chase Austin pitched a complete game, giving up just three hits and one earned run, earning the win

“On any given day in baseball it’s possible to run into a game like that,” Swinford said “The pitcher was throwing a great changeup all game and it kept us off balance ”

The Red’s only run occurred in the bottom of the sixth when sophomore JD Whetsel singled down the left field line, stole second base, advanced to third on senior Tom D’Alessandro’s groundout and scored on sophomore Matt Hall’s sacrifice fly

According to senior Brenton Peters the only player on the Red’s squad to get a hit in both of Tuesday’s games the team need not be worried about its struggle to get on base

“It happens It doesn’t really mean anything as far as the team being down offensively,” he said

Freshman lefty Michael Byrne got the loss despite giving up just one run in two innings and moved to 11 on the season

In the second game of the doubleheader, Cornell made the most of just four hits, beating the Great Danes, 5-4

The Red struck first in the bottom of the second Senior outfielder Spenser Souza’s RBI triple was followed by a sacrifice fly by Swinford to give the team a 2-0 lead

The Danes picked up a run in the third and the fifth innings to tie the score at two In the bottom of the fifth, however, Swinford drew a walk, freshman Eliot Lowell moved Swinford to third with a groundball to the right side of the infield and D’Alessandro walked, putting runners at the corners

When D’Alessandro took off to attempt a steal, the catcher threw the ball to second and D’Alessandro stopped halfway between the bases Swinford was then able to steal home plate before Albany could tag D’Alessandro for the final out of the inning

The Danes struck back in the top of the sixth, regaining a 4-3 lead on a two-run homer from Craig Lepre

After not scoring in the bottom of the sixth and the top of the seventh, Swinford took the plate with one man on and one man out and the threat of being swept looming in front of his team His two-run homerun gave him three RBI’s on the day and handed the Red a split of the midweek series

“It was important to get that last win and it felt good to be able to contribute there,” Swinford said

Jump Starts Iv y S ea

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s softball team opens its 20th Ivy League season with two games this weekend The Red will kick off its Ancient Eight matchups on Saturday with a 12:30 doubleheader against Yale and continue into Sunday with two games beginning at 12:30 against Brown

The Red comes into this season striving for its fifth consecutive division title and fourth straight Ivy League South Division championship After a jampacked spring break with fourteen

games in a mere 8 days the women come into league play with a 10-12 overall record Although Cornell lost its first league game of the season last year, its overall record of 186-99 in Ivy League play is promising as the women prepare to begin the season

The Bulldogs begin the Ivy League season with a record of 3-13 with a new head coach in Jen Goodwin at the helm of the team The Bears head into league play with a 6-8 record behind first-year head coach Katie Flynn Brown senior Stephanie Thompson is coming off a

According to Peters, the walk-off win will serve as momentum as the Red kicks off Ivy League competition this weekend

“[It] boosts our confidence going into the rest of our games, ” he said

The team will continue to play at home this weekend, facing Brown in a doubleheader on Saturday and Yale in a doubleheader on Sunday

“With Brown, they have a lot of guys who can hit the ball,” Peters said “From a pitching standpoint, they’ve had a bunch of tall righties who try to throw really hard [ We need to] be aggressive early in counts when they’re throwing their fastballs ”

Despite a weak record thus far, the game against Yale will also be a challenge

“They’re just a thorn in your backside, they never give up, ” Peters said “They make sure to do everything to stay in the game ”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

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whose 39 points on 30 goals and nine assists places her in the Top-25 point scorers nationally Senior captain Caroline Salisbury adds 25 points with 20 goals and five assists, while junior Amanda D'Amico's 21 goals and three assists give her 24 points on the season

Bolstering the Red's defense is senior captain Kate Ivory, who forces an average of 2 25 turnovers a game which is No 9 in the countr y Ivor y also averages 3 25 ground balls per game, putting her at No 10 in the nation in that statistical category

Princeton heads to Ithaca looking for its first road win of the season after losing its first three road games this season The Tigers fell to No 9 Georgetown, No 10 Virginia and No 20 Rutgers during that stretch

For the Tigers, sophomore attack Erin McMunn leads the offense The 2012 Ivy League Rookie of the year has 36 points on 21 goals and 15 assists this season Rounding off Princeton's attack are freshman Alexandra Bruno and junior Sarah Lloyd, who have 17 total points on the season respectively The Tigers are third in the Ivy league in points and scoring offense Defensively they average the second most caused turnovers in the Ivy League and rank No 8 nationally in that category

According to Salisbury, the Red is going to have to focus on shutting down every aspect of Princeton's attack in order to win Saturday's contest

“The biggest challenge Princeton poses is that they have a pretty balanced offense, so it's not like our team can just shut down one player,” she said “We are going to have to focus on playing good team defense and

supporting each other ”

Despite the recent losses, the team is optimistic about its play recently, but knows that it has not always been at its best

“The last few games we ' ve had moments of really great lacrosse, but also moments where we haven't performed up to our potential,” Salisbury said

One of the key focuses Saturday for the Red is to put together a complete game, as its slow start in the Penn game put the team at a disadvantage early, eventually forcing a one-goal loss

“The most important thing that our team needs to do in order to beat Princeton is to play a full 60 minutes Against Penn and other teams, we have been slow from the start Princeton is a respectable team and we must play a full 60 minutes to compete with them and win,” Toppe said

The Red has had five days to prepare for Princeton and has focused on practicing with high intensity, while paying close attention to details in order to provide the best chance to get back to the success of its first six games

Toppe is optimistic about the Red's preparedness for the game, knowing that if her team can translate its focus in practice to Saturday's game, it has a good chance to put together a solid outing

“I expect us to be a strong contender against Princeton Both our teams are talented teams so it is going to come down to who steps onto the field and not only wants it more, but proves that through hustle and heart,” she said “We definitely have a chance to beat Princeton if we can transfer our intensity from practice to the game ”

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N Q U E S T I O N S

A K E R I N O W S O C C E R

Katie Schubauer caught up with junior defender Jake Rinow to discuss ever ything from his road rage and his questionable resemblance to Bradley Cooper, to his love of Game of Thrones

1 Jake, you are a junior captain on the soccer team What has Cornell soccer meant to you over the course of your college career?

It’s pretty much been my life here Soccer is the reason I’m here Pretty much the only people I hang out with are the soccer team I was originally committed to Syracuse for soccer Switching to Cornell was kind of a gamble I didn’t know if I could handle the academics, but being here playing with the team is an unforgettable experience and the best decision of my life

Who is your favorite teammate?

Ben Williams We live on the third floor together I roomed with Stephen Reisert freshman year and we were really close, but the past two years I’ve lived with Ben Williams He’s another captain with me We pretty much do ever ything together He’s a good guy

Speaking of the third floor, how do you find ways to entertain yourself on the third floor? Apparently the rest of your house finds it a myster y Games Ben and I make up games So for instance, I have this blow up beach ball and the first game we made up was we would just hit it around We’re both crazy competitors so we make it really intense hitting it back and forth and making up rules, and then it developed into a little basketball game with a hoop that I got from my girlfriend’s little sister That’s what we do We just take a basic game and make up rules to make it

r e a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g A n d p u t - p u t I attached a hammer to a metal pole to make a club for put-put We also watch an incredible amount of TV shows No Cornell stud e n t s h

much TV

2 Do you think that you look like Bradley Cooper?

Ben does I don’t But he says when I t r i m m y b e a rd , I l o o k l i k e Br a d l e y Cooper I would love to look like him so I hope I do

3 Tell us about “Push Yourself ”

Push Yourself is a company started by my soccer coach when I was a junior in high school It’s actually what I wrote my a d m i s s i o n

Cornell It’s about hitting four different pillars: physically, intellectually, socially, and environmentally It’s basically pushing yourself to be better and tr ying to make other people better I believe in ever y aspect of it I push myself physically to tr y to be the best athlete I can be; intellectually at Cornell; environmentally, if I see garbage I’ll pick it up It’s kind of cheesy but I love it I sold shirts of it in high school and I sell them here I love it It’s a way of life

4 Tell us about your “alien shoulder ” I tore my AC joint, acromioclavacular in high school snowboarding I face planted I was going down the hill and t w o p e o p l e t

d skiers, let’s say, were on either side of me and I didn’t see them and had to car ve out of the way and I fell and separated my shoulder I could get it fixed, but it would be purely cosmetic There’s really no pain If I lay on it too long I have to switch but no big deal It’s funny though because people freak out If someone just realizes it, I act like I don’t know what it is and they totally freak out

Why don’t you feel pain? Because I’m from Buffalo That’s it?

Yeah, I think that’s a pretty good answer

5. Apparently you are known for some pretty serious road rage. Is that true?

The one thing I hate about Cornell is that people don’t know how to cross the street If I’m driving and they’re trying to walk when I clearly have the right of way I know pedestrians have the right of way, but if I’m cruising and you ’ re trying to get in my way you ’ re going to get an earful

I have also heard you have a tendency to display the same aggression on the field by ‘bulldozing’ into your opponents and flipping them over Please share your most recent memor y O K I w o u l d s a y t h e re a re t w o

Freshman year against Yale, I came in at half time and dribbled the ball too far ahead of me and the Yale player came up to tr y to get the ball from me But I was going a lot faster and I was probably a lot stronger And I hit him so hard that he went up three feet in the air horizontally and fell on the ground and didn’t get up That was amazing It felt awesome The second was this year at Har vard; I was going on one of my normal runs up the left side, bulldozing two people and again the ball was too far in front of me and this kid was a little bit closer to it But I wasn ’ t going to stop so I lowered my shoulder into his chest/throat area and he didn’t get off the ground He laid flat on his back for a while

6 Why do you wear tie-dye women ’ s sliding shorts?

It reflects my individuality perfectly

7 Tell me about your goals celebration at the 2011 Hartwick game (Laughing) So first goal of college, super excited, didn’t really know what to do, never really thought about a goal celebration So I sprinted away from the entire team and attempted to do a roundoff back flip, which I can do all of the time It’s my move But the ground was really slick and I was going way too fast And I ended up landing on my feet, but my neck was like in the dirt and I had grass on my eye But I didn’t feel the pain because I was so pumped up

about my goal

And because you ’ re from Buffalo

Yes, and because I’m from Buffalo

8 I hear you like the TV show Game of Thrones Is that true?

I am an excessive Game of Thrones reader I heard about it when it first came out and watched it Then when second season ended, I didn’t want to wait for the third season to come out, so I started reading the books And now I have it on my phone, I have it on my kindle, I have it on my computer, I have it ever ywhere

Which character would you be from Game of Thrones and why?

That’s a really good question But I definitely know the answer I would be Jon Snow The reason I would be Jon Snow is because he has a wolf and that’s badass Really cool Sweet fighter He has to work for everything he gets He wasn ’ t given anything He keeps his honor, which is huge And he’s a cool looking guy

Why do you like the shows Twilight and Glee?

Because it’s important to have a sentimental side in life

9 How did you get the nickname ‘Rinow Rocket?’

That’s a nickname [junior teammate] Aaron Oder gave me I play left back, so a lot of times we cleared the ball into the channel up the field and I can kick the ball real hard so Aaron always used to call it the Rinow Rocket

10 Which other Cornell team do you like to hang out with the most?

I mean, I mostly just hang out with the soccer team, but I guess the team I hang out with the most would be the track team But primarily Cornell soccer

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Mooney ’08 Attempts Ultimate Challenge for Charity

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Senior Writer

While many people may consider the climb up Libe Slope to be a challenge, one Cornellian is preparing to tackle the ultimate incline Sean Mooney ’08 will attempt to summit Mount Everest beginning on Saturday, Mar 30, with the hopes of raising awareness and funds for a children’s organization called “Right To Play” in the process

A former midfielder for the men ’ s soccer team, Mooney has always been one to rise to the occasion whenever a challenge presents itself, according to assistant soccer coach and former teammate Scott Caldwell ’11

“Sean was the guy on the team always pushing everyone to get to that next level and to always give it 110 percent, even when you think you ’ ve given it all you ’ ve got, you ’ ve still got more, ” Caldwell said

Mooney is no stranger to pushing himself to the limit, especially when a charity or special cause is involved Since graduating with a degree in Applied Economics and Management and moving to London, England where he works as an Associate for Goldman Sachs the Winnipeg native has participated in multiple charity endurance races and sporting events In 2009, Mooney climbed downtown Toronto’s CN Tower, ascending 144 flights of stairs five times back-to-back to benefit the World Wildlife Foundation To make an already daunting task more challenging, he hopped to the top on one leg on his third time up the stairs

“He was always at the front of the pack on our runs, ” Caldwell said of Mooney’s determined nature “He would actually sing on our runs to make it harder on himself He’s a really interesting guy one in a million ”

Showing that he is not only quick on his feet, Mooney participated in three separate charity white collar boxing fights Participating in the Fight For Independence 7, he raised over $300,000 for Sickkids and Nazareth House a Toronto shelter for abused women Combined, he raised

over $400,000 between the three fights In addition to boxing, Mooney has participated in an ultra-marathon from Montreal to Ottawa in Canada and the Enduro ultratriathlon relay, where he ran from London to the coast, swam to France and biked to Paris Both competitions benefited the Princes Trust, which is a youth charity focused on helping to change young lives in the United

Kingdom

Continuing to break stereotypes and prove that bankers can have both brains and brawn, Mooney participated in a chessboxing competition last October in London called “Battle of the Bankers ” After grueling rounds that tested

an event he held for the organization with Chelsea FC

Red Looks to Bounce Back Against Tigers

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

After starting the season off with six straight victories, the Cornell women ' s lacrosse team hopes to rebound from two consecutive losses on Saturday against Princeton The Red will take on the Tigers (5-3, 2-0 Ivy League) at

tomorrow The Red (6-2, 2-1) enters the match ranked No 11 nationally and is undefeated in home contests this season While Princeton leads the overall series with the Red 30-4, the most

Among Ancient Eight teams, the Red is at the top of points scored, scoring offense and scoring margin Leading the offense is sopho-

As part of my crazy wild spring break plans, I watched endless hours of the NCAA tournament My bracket is busted Your bracket is busted If by some miracle your bracket is not busted, here’s to hoping that Florida Gulf Coast wins it all In that case, I can guarantee your bracket will be ruined Let’s move on from there So as to not stir up more sadness, I want to turn everyone ’ s attention to the NIT tournament While this is a less prestigious tournament featuring such teams as the Niagara Purple Eagles there was a lot of hype for its featured first-round matchup: Kentucky vs Robert Morris

The mismatch is unbelievable Kentucky consistently has one of the best basketball recruiting classes in the country, and you ’ ve probably never heard of Robert Morris before, or even better, you didn’t know that the Northeast Conference home of the Robert Morris Colonials existed It is home to other basketball powerhouses such as the Br yant University Bulldogs, Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights, Long Island University Blackbirds and Sacred Heart University Pioneers to name a few On the other hand, Kentucky is the winningest basketball program in the country It holds the record for most all-time wins and boasts the highest all-time winning percentage The Wildcats’ head coach, John Calipari, is a gentleman that I have criticized before for his “ one and done” preaching as well as his history of NCAA violations and sanctions He has the prestigious honor of being the only coach to ever have Final Four appearances vacated at more than one school (1996 - UMass, 2008 - Memphis) Last season, he led the Wildcats to their 8th NCAA tournament championship and the first of his career Kentucky’s home court is located in Rupp Arena, which has a capacity of 23,500 fans As the higher seed, Kentucky would